Rail-fastening.



M. P. BONZANO.

RAIL FASTENING. A'PPLIGATION FILED JAN.14,1909.

Patented May 25, 1909;

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APPLICATION FILED JAH. 14, 1909.

Patented May 2 5, 1909.

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RAIL FASTENING.

APPLXGATIGN FILED JAN.14. 1909.

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K f` *5* v zo Z4 ze f I MAXIMILIAN l". BONZANO, Ol" PHILADELPHIA, PTJNNSYLVANA.

RAIL-'Fas'rnlvma Specification of Letters Patent.

*Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed. January le, 1909. Serial No. l172,368.

i To all whom itmoy concern: i'

Be it lenown'that l, MAXiMILIAN F. BoN- l ZAND, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have in Lvented certain Improvements in Rail-Fastenings, of which'the'following is a speci- My invention relates to `tastenings lesigned for the urpose of securing rails to ties 'or othersuita. le supports; and the object ot' my invention is to provide an improved `term of fastening designed more particularly for ,useA 1n connection with metal wear-plates carried. bythe ties and upon which the rails.

rest, although capable of use with rail-chairs having an upper surface to receive the rail and provided with shoulders to engage the fastenings.

n My present form of fastening is designed to permit adjustment of the rail from onev portion of the wear-plate to the other, the flange of the rail engaging, in each instance, one ot the sliouldersof sucl'rvvear-plate, or a proliection of the clip', on one side, and a portion of the clip, or a removable member employed therewith and interposed between said base lla-nge and the clipon the/other side.

When the wear-plate is provided with shoulders through which the fastening bolts,

l yscrews or other means are passed, the' top surfaces of the shoulders may be beveled or n otherwise shaped in order that those clips which have no projections engaging said shoulders maybe held against displacement laces, and such beveling may he in eit er direction.

Il desired the moans' securing the Wearplate to the tie may be provided with ad-I justable washers ot the type illustrated in .my patent dated Dec. 15, 1008, No. 206,860, to permit adjustment ol' said wear-plate with respect to the tie and thus increase the ad- ,instability ol4 the fastening and the conse r nent` lateral placing of the riliil with respect tl'xereto to permit the maintenance of the gage at all times. This is 'accomplished without infecting the relative position of the means securing the wear-plate to the tie, nor ot the bolts ol the rail securingmeans carried by said wez-ir-'alz-ite. `Wl'ren the heads of these bolts are let into the top'surface ol' the tie, il. is only necessary to turn them to meet the changed position of the wear-plate with out the necessity ol boring the tie `to provide l'resh recesses.

by correspondinglybeveled or other sha ed Other features of my invention will be more fully pointed out` hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inv

which:

Figure l, is a sectional View on thc line (1f-eo, Fig. 2, of one form of rail fastening means embodying my invention; Fig. 2, is a plan view of the'same; Fig. A25, is a sectional View on the line b-b, Fig. 4,-similar to Fig. l, showing another form of rail fastening means embodying my invention; Fig. 4, is a plan View oi the same; Figs. 5 and 6, are sectional views similar to Figs. 1 and 3, illustrating other forms of rail fastening means embodying my invention; Fig. 7, is a sec.-

tional view similar to Figs. 1 and 3, of a still further modification, in which provision is made for adjusting the wear-plate; the latter being shown in section 'on the line c--c, Fig.` 8; Fig. 8, is a plan view 4ol thel wear-plate "fol shown in Fig. 7 ,1 Fig. 9, is a sectional view of Y the same character as Figs. l and 3, showlng g the application ot my improved fastening to a metallic tic; means being provided for insulating the wear-plate and rail from the tie; Fig. 10, is a sectional View similar to Fi 9, illustrating a modified .form of wear-plate, and Figs. llvto 22, both inclusive, are perspective views ol" clips and filling pieces .forming part of the several forms of rail fastening devices embodying my invention.

In all forms of my improved 'fastening devices I employ apweareplate arranged to be secured to the tie either by independent fasbolts, or by thek telling means such as scrc bolts or screws securing th fastening devices to the rail, or in some instances by both means; such weaeplate havin shoulders -paralleling the rail to' be engagedA y the clips or projections on the same, and in some instances by the base flange of the rail. The clips are secured to the Wearlate and in contact with the rail flanges eit er by screw bolts which also enter thetie or b `means ol' bolts carried only by the wear-plate. apertures in the Wear-plates .ma be variously arranged depending upont e form of fastenin device to be. employed therewith, but in al instances-the' apertures of a parftilcular plate are preferably set in regular .order and ,in the same relative .position in order to iermit com lete interchan eabilit The ol' said wear-plates as Well as the clips when .if

the rail is being shifted laterally withrespect to such Wear-plate.

ln securing thev rail to the wcaoplate, in

the original use ot the latter, it is set to one side; the 'clips on o pos1te sides in engage ment w1tl1`the railanges being ot different .dimensions in order that when the rail -in connection with t1e adjustable clips thereby increasing the scope ot' the fastening and the range ot' its adjustment. In other instances it will be desirable to employ theI wear-plates with metallic ties. ln suoli ease a block of resilient material, preferably wood, may' be interposed between the wear plate and the. tie and the means for securingY the weanplate to the tie may be insulated from such tie in order that. the rail may be em loyed in any desired eleotrie'ttl eirettit.

n Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, I represents a rail having base flanges 2, mounted on a wear-plate carried by a tie 4. The wearplate 1s provided with shoulders par alleling the rail; and adapted to engage said shoulders and overlie the base tlanges 2 of said rail, are clips (tand 7. clearly illustrated in Fig. l, and 1n the perspee-tive v1ews, Figs.

tl and t2, which clips ditl'er in length, as

clearly indicated in the drawing, so that .the rail may be disposed to one side oll the wearplate, and are'interehaugeable in order to provide t'or lateral adjustment ot' the rail to maintain the gage ot' the track. rl`he t-.lips 6 and T may be secured in place by bolts earried by the wearsplate: the latter being secured to tht` tie by suitable means, such as spiking or by means ot' lag screws, or l may employ lag serews S whirh will serve to hold the clips to the rail and at the same time secure the wear-plate in proper position to the tie.- Similar lng screws Sl may he employed to secure the wear-plate to the tie and with sueh screws, washers lt) shown in ltigs. and t3, are preferably used.

The clip ti may be provided with 'a depending portion 'tl to engage one shoulder ot' the wear-plate and lie between the same and the base tlange ot' the rail, or l may provide'the elip with a. narrower depending port-ion and employ a filling pieee between the 'same and the shoulder oll the rar-plate.

'l`he olip isa tortured at l2 t'or tht` passage ol' a, bolt, or tite lag screw N in the manner shown; such aperture passing through the depending port aon Il. and said elip is i'nrther provided with a depending portion l), disposed at. right angles to the rail, torming a lip which extends over and engages the end ot' the wear-plate and the shoulder ot' the sante. This lip serves as an additional hoiding means tending to retard cree )ing aetion olv the structure and preventing siiearing :1t-tion upon the bolts.

The elip 7 is shorter than the elip G and is provided with a depending portion lt as indie-ated, somewhat narrower than that earried bythe cli 1 6. liilte the elip 6, the elip T is apertured through the depending portion ll which is adapted to lie between the base tlange ol' the rail and the shoulder' ot the wear-plate, so that when the rail is mounted upon the wear-plate and the clips with the dliierent width depending portions are in place. the rail will be disposed to one side ot' said wear-plate. The eli i 7 may also he provided with a depending Ilip or projeetion t3 at its side to engage the end ot' the wearu blate and the shoulder ot' the same. 1 "lbe clips are interchangeable. so that by shitting the same. the rail may be seenred at one side or the other of the wear-plate. and' by this lmeans, adjustment ot' the. rails to maintain the ot' the track is provided tor.

Aln the torni olA strueture shown in Figs. and 4. the shoulders ot the wear-spiate are somewhat wider than those shown in eonneetion with the wear-plate shown in Figs t. and 2. and are apertured tor the passage ot' serews or bolts` designed to hold the elips in engagement with the base tlanges ot' the rail. ln this t'orm ot' the strut-ture l employ ('.ips 6' and 7,'shown in the inverted perspeetive views, YFigs. lst and 15. earh ot whieli eiips lies on top ot' the shoulder ot the waar-plate and the tlange ol' the rail. ln the use ot' sueh elips, exeept t'or the possible use ot' the end tlanges engaging the end and shoulderot' the -wearilate. thev would be unseeured aeuinst l 1hangeable as in the st rurture shown in Figs.

`t and 2, and the elip tl instead etl having an integral depending portion lying betweentlu edge ot' the rail flange and the shoulder ot' the wear-plate` may have a removable filling' plete.

'lhe ear-plate shown in Fig. 4..is provided with tour apertures in the usual inanner` but is illustrated as being held tothe tie bythe lag' serews' seeming' the elips in piaveA ln some instanees sut-h means may besutlirient without the use ot' bolts or serews to retain the \\'ear'plate to the tie indepexnlentlv otl tht.` elip holding means.

ln the strueture shown iii Fig.

5, the

, Fig.

instance, the-.shoulders of the wear-'plate are beveled, in a direction opposite to thatshown l in Fig/3, and as theelips may be provided with dependingportions i3 in engagement with the shoulder of the ii'ear-plaite, they are held against movement wliei :he fasteni f, from side to side of the rail when it is desired and 1.7

f lng `Iiieans'are finally secured in plaee.

".llhe clips 6bv and 7" shown inFig. are I shown in perspective, inverted, in Figs. 16 'lhe elip 6b has a depending portion 1l, integral therewith to fill the 'space g rbetween the shoulder` of the wear-plate and 1.

the'flange of the rail. If desired, however, the dependin; portion may be narrower and ajseparable f1 ling pieee of uniform cross seetion-throughoi1t its length may be interposed l this forni of my improved rail fastening, the

between it and the base flange of the rail.

4 "In Fi 6, I' have shown a sectional view,

l and `in Iiig'ylS, a perspective. view ol' a inodil fied form of clip which. need not be moved toadjust the same'laterally, but may sini ihr l be turnedin its position. when the bolt orlag screw 8 is backed of. This clip is indicated at", and is provided withvliorizontal prol .jeetions' 1,4 and `14, adapted to over-lie the f rfianges of the rail rand the shoulders ol' the i ,tion 11 and the flange of the rail. lliis separable spacing member may have hooked ends {716,as shown'in Fig. 1),'adapted to engage vi' i same osition as elearl illustrated inllie.

.saine ywitlirespeet to the tie.

-Withoiit! vchanging the position 'offtlie'rail wearpliite respectively. rllie projections 1,4v are longer than the projet-.tions 14 sot-hat wlfienapphed to 4a rail', eaeh elip lies in the In the use oi' such elipjinasniueh as the depending portion l l is narrow, it is desirable to employ' a separable spacingor filling member 15', interposed between said depending porthe sides ol'A tlieiclip, or hooked ends extending in'op iositedireetions, one of which, 16 engages tlie clip,1while the other 16 engages the side of the wear-'plate As these clips are arranged to tiirn in their. laces, they cannot be provided with depen( ing ribs 0r projee tions'designed to engage the ends ol the shoulders ofthe wear-plate in the manner shown with respect to the other views I` ,".ln Figs. 7 and 8, l have shown a forni of wear-plate having means for adjusting the Such means comprisewashers20, having bolt or screw holes y2ly eeeentrically disposed with respect to the -washers, which are adapted to 'apertures 22 in the Wefir-plate.-r The bolts'or screwsserving'to secure the wear-plate to the tie pass through these washers, .and by shift-k ing the latter the wear-plate may lie-adjusted with respect-to the saine. biit altering the pof sition of siieli rail with respect to the tie. The bolts lwhieh set-nre the clip to the wear plate may have cylindrical heads oiigaging reeesses 2.1iv in iie tie, and .when the wearplate is provided .with the .adjustable iv-asle eisi'lie heads of such liolis may be oil'set with' respect tothe shank ol the sanieso that by simplyy turning said bolts the heads may tit.

This adjust-nient ol the wear-piate increases the llexibility tit-tbe fastening and provides an additional adjustment` for the rail that may be somewhat less than that provided for by the hangn'ng oi the i-lips. 'il'lieii the wear plate is 'shifted by, reversing the position of the washers 20, it is only necessary to tiirii the heads oi' the bolts tl seeuring the elips to i tlieivear-plate iii their seats so as to bring the shrinks of said bolts in proper position to pass through the apertures of t ie wear-plate. in

clips are of the saine general eliaraeter as vthose shown in Figs. l and 2. except that the i filling or sparing meiii'lieiA l5 is shown as enif ployed therewith.

Fig. 7. also sboii's the washer iorlhe lag sei-ew 8, securing the weas I plate tothe tie; such washer spanning 'the f space between the shoulder of the near-plate i and the liange ol' the rail.

.ln Fig. Si. `l have shown the application of my niiprored rail fastening means to irme -tallie tie, in which the ineans securing the wear-plate to the tie is insulated frointlie latter. vln this instance ,the wear-plate is carried by a resilient bloek"25 as iilnstrated in my prior patents, which bleek may be of insulating material so that it is only necessary to employ as additional insulating means, a sleeve 26, enrireling the bolts 27 employed for seeiii'ing the wear-plate and bleek l5 to the tie.

ln Fie, 1U l have shown a forni of wezirplate in lwhieli the bolts 8" for holding the elips in engiwi-rnient with the rail tiaiiges are Htl Siti

provided wit i heads 2o arranged to lit eoi`intersiink recesses 2S) in the underside of the wear-plate. VFor such purpose the wearplate is made somewhat thicker than thoseillustrated in the other views.

` In Figs. 7, 9 and 10, the clips 6 are shown in connection with the filling or spacing tening, it is of particular value for use in conl nection with tra-ok on curves. l may employ a structure ofthe type illustrated in my patent of December l5, 1906,7 before referred to for securing one rail, and a fastening of any of the types hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings for the other rail.

lNhen bolts are employed to ,secure the cli is to the wear-plate, the litter may be he d to the tie by suitable securing means of any approved type, but when lag screws which pass through the wear-plate are employed in connection with the clips, they may be the sole holding means except the possible use of projections on the under side lof the wear-plate to engage recesses in the to of the tie; such projections being preferab y cylindrical in order that the recesses with which they engage may be made by boring.

l may also employ locking washers of the type illustrated 1n my pending application, Serial No, 467,859, filed December 16, 1908, for engagement with the heads ofthe several lag screws or bolts.

l claim:

l. A rail fastening comprising a wear-plate suitably secured to a tie, and eli s carried by said wear-plate adapted to over ie the flange of a rail and secured to said wear-plate, said wear-plate having shoulders 'and the clips having portions disposed between the flange Y of the rail and the shoulders -of the wearplate, said clips being of different dimensions whereby ateral movement ofthe rail is l provided for when said clips are adjusted.

A railfastening comprising a wear-plate secured. to a tie, said wear-plate having shoulders on each end which shoulders are apertured, clips carried by the wear-plate and overlying the flange of the rail, said clips being secured by fastening means passing through the apertured shoulders of the wearplate, said clips being of different dimensions whereby lateral-adjustment ofthe rail is provided for when said clips are interchanged,

` one of said clips having a lling portion lying between the rail 'flange and the flange of thc wear-plate.

3, A rail fastening comprising a wear-plate secured to a tic, said wear-plate having shoulders or flanges on cach end which shoulders are apertured, said shoulders'being spaced farther apart than the widthlof the flanges of the rail laid between. them, clips carried by the wear-plate and overlying the flange of the rail, said clips being secured by fastening n aus passing through ilu` aperturral shoul- Aders of the wmir-phifr, said clips being of different dimensions whereby lateral adjustunnt of the rail is provided. for when said clips ar(` inter-changed, one of said clips having a filling portion. lying between the rail flange and the shoulder ofthe Raaij-plate.

l l l 4r The combination, in a rail fastening, of wear-plato having beveled shoulders at the sides of the same paralleling the rail, a rail plates, comprising a clip arranged to engage mounted on said wear-plate and having a base less in Width than the space, between the shoulders of the wear-plate, clips for securing said rail to the wear-plate, said clips being shaped to lie on the shoulders of the wearplate, and means for holding said clips to the wear-plate and the latter to the tie.

5. The combination, in a rail fastening, of a tie, a wear-plate mounted upon said tie and having shoulders, a rail mounted upon said .wear-plate, means for securing said wearplate to the tie, clips engaging the shoulders of the wearlate and the base flanges of the rail and designed to hold the latter to thc wear-plate, and a removable filling piece retained in place by one of said cli s and disposed between the base flange of t e rail and one of the shoulders of the wear-plate.

6. 'As a new article of manufacture, a'rail fastening for use with shouldered wearthe top pf t e rail flange and the shoulder of the plate, and a filling piece interposed between the clip and the side of the rail flange.

7. The combination of a tie, an adjustable, wear-plate mounted, thereon, shoulders carried by said wearlate, interchangeable clips carried by said p ate and serving to hold a rail in different positions with respect thereto, said clips bein interposed. -between, said shoulders and t e flanges of the rail, and means for securing said clips to the wearplate.

8. A rail fastening comprising a metal rail support, clips carried by said support and secured thereto for engagement with the flanges of a rail, said support having shoulders, and the clips having portions disposed between the flanges of the rail and the shoulders of its support, said clips being of (liderent dimensions and interchangeable with rcspeot to the rail and its support 'whereby lateral movement ofthe rail is provided for when the position of said clips is transposed.

l). A rail fastening comprising a shouldered wear-plate suitably secured to a tie, interchangeable clips carried by said wearplatc adapted to engage the shoulders of the same and overlie the flanges of a rail, 'and means forI securing said clips to the wearplate, said clips being of different dimensions whereby lateral movement of the rail islprovided for y shifting said clips.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a rail fastening for use with wear-plates, comprising a clip arranged to engage a rail flange, and ascparablc filling picceinterposed between the ilip and said rail flange.

ll. A rail fastening comprising a shoul-A dcrcd wear-plate suitably secured to a tie, intcl-changeable clips carricdby said wear- )late ada )ted to cnfaue the shoulders of the Iii of a reilrmearls l seitm. throughout its length Cembled with Y [er seculmg seul ellpsto tlle wear-plate, Saul sind cllp. t v

ellps bemg of dlferent dlmerlslons' wherebyY In testlmony fhe'repf, I' have slgnedA my lateral movement of the rail 1s provlded for namefto thls speclcatlon, 1n the presence of same and overlie thelang y r`5y `when said clips areadjust/ed, and means for l two subscribing Witnesses.

*l 'adjusting said wear-plate 12, As n, new article ofmanufactule, 'a` rail l BMXIMILIAN F' BONZNO.

fastening for use with wear-pltzes., compris-'- W`tnesses: kmg a cllp arranved to engage a m11 flange, MURRAY C. BOYER, n 10 land a separable lllmg plece of unlform cross@ l VUM. A. B.. Y 

